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How Much Do You Know About the Civil War?

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Did you know that Mary Todd Lincoln’s brother and three half-brothers all fought in the Confederate Army during the Civil War? In fact, two of her half-brothers were killed — one in the Battle of Baton Rouge and the other in the Battle of Shiloh.


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